Two Telugu doctors Umamaheswara Rao Kalapatapu(63) and Sitha-Gita Kalapatapu(61) were killed in a plane crash on Saturday in Ohio. Umamaheswara hails from Machilipatnam, in Andhra Pradesh.
As the incident unfolds, the duo residing in Logansport, Indiana, were the only two people on their Piper Archer PA 28 plane travelling from Logansport, Indiana to Parkersburg. Umamaheswar was the pilot and his wife Sitha-Gita is the only passenger. At around 10:36am Eastern Time, a flight service lost contact with the plane which was reported as missing at 12:03pm. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office searched the local airports to validate if the plane landed at wrong airport. Unfortunately, OSHP Aviation and Civil Air Patrol units found the plane crashed in former AEP Ohio retention pond near Waterford.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause for the crash.
Condolences are pouring in on the Facebook page of the doctor.
